However, Keynes could not secure American support for "creditor adjustment". This was in part because America had both the world's most powerful economy and (like Germany today) a big trade surplus.

然而，凯恩斯没有能够为美国提出的“债权人调整”提供有力支持，这是因为美国即拥有最强劲的经济实力，又有巨大的贸易顺差(如同今日的德国)。

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An unsecured bond whose holder has the claim of a general creditor on all assets of the issuer not pledged specifically to secure other debt.

是一种未经担保的债券，它的持有人对发行人未抵押给其它债务的所有财产具有一般债权人的要求权。

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